JANE HILL

Can't Let Go

 

"Like Jane Hill's two previous psychological thrillers, Can't Let Go is riveting and completely impossible to put down.  It comes armed with a final twist that will make even the most canny readers gasp.  I absolutely loved it." - Sophie Hannah

"It's a fine read.  A writer to watch." - Peter Guttridge, The Observer

"Sustained tension....  It's sit up all night stuff." - Carla McKay, The Daily Mail

"Hill's is a welcome new voice, confident and sassy, and, most importantly of all, she tells a great story." - Mark Billingham

 

Remember, I'm watching you.  I know everywhere you go.

When Beth Stephens opens the first mysterious note, she is terrified.  Someone out there, someone who seems to be stalking her, following her every footstep, has prised open the terrible secret she's been hiding for over a decade.  And he is threatening to exact revenge. 

All these years, Beth has carefully built her life on a lie, kept to herself, been wary of close relationships and protective of her privacy.  And now, just when she finally thinks herself safe, her days filled with new friendships, a boyfriend and a steady job as a teacher, everything starts to unravel.  Suddenly, she can trust no one, seeing danger everywhere, and she has to find the stalker before he closes in on her.

 

How I WroTE CAN'T LET GO 

The idea for Can't Let Go began with a sentence that got stuck in my head: "When I was eighteen I killed a man and got away with it."  I knew I had to write a book that began with that sentence - but it took me a lot longer to work out who had been killed and why.

Can't Let Go is set partly in the world of stand-up comedy, an environment I know well as I am also a comic - see my other website for more details.  Part of the novel is set during the frenetic Edinburgh Fringe, which takes over the streets of the Scottish capital every summer.  Edinburgh is a wonderful place to set a thriller, full of hidden alleyways and looming grey buildings.  I also set part of the book in another of my favourite cities, San Francisco.

Can't Let Go was great fun to write, and I hope it's the sort of book you will have trouble putting down.

LINKS

The Edinburgh Fringe - for more about the setting of part of Can't Let Go

The Free Edinburgh Fringe Festival - a vital part of the Fringe

San Francisco - a virtual walking tour of this beautiful city

My stand-up comedy website - for more about my other life

 
Click here to see a video of me talking about Can't Let Go. 

 

Can't Let Go is published in the UK by Arrow Paperbacks.  It is also published in Germany as Ich Weiss Immer, Wo Du Bist by Luebbe and in the Netherlands as Laat Niets Los by De Kern.  It's also published in Norway and Latvia.

To buy a copy, click on the cover. 

German edition Ich Weiss Immer, Wo Du Bist, published by Luebbe.  Click to buy. 

Dutch edition Laat Niets Los, published by De Kern
 
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